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,,,,~~†*§# A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE #§*†~~,,,,
,~~††*§### BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ###§*††~~,
,~~††*§### SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. ###§*††~~,
,~~††*§### SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, ###§*††~~,
,~~~†††*## ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH ##*†††~~~,
,~~††*§§§# LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED #§§§*††~~,
,~~††*§### GPS COORDINATES. ###§*††~~,
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,~~††*§### A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS ###§*††~~,
,,,~†††††§ IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION §†††††~,,,
,~~††*§### OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES. ###§*††~~,
,~~††*#### GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES ####*††~~,
,,,~†††*§# IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL #§*†††~,,,
,~~††*§### BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE ###§*††~~,
,~~~~~††*§ ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE. §*††~~~~~,
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,~~††*§### VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON - ###§*††~~,
,~~~~~†*## QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL ##*†~~~~~,
,~~††*§### PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE ###§*††~~,
,~~††*§### COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC ###§*††~~,
,~~††*§### IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK ###§*††~~,
,~~††*§### WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS ###§*††~~,
,~~††*§### LOST. ###§*††~~,
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,~~~~††*§# CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS #§*††~~~~,
,~~††*§### COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ###§*††~~,
,,~~~~~†§# CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE #§†~~~~~,,
,~~††*§### SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT ###§*††~~,
,,,~~~†§§# SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF #§§†~~~,,,
,~~†*§#### IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ####§*†~~,
,~~††*§### OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH. ###§*††~~,
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